If anyone was following, 3 weeks now. Hoping it's done today. Can't remember the number but 6 of one, 4 of another ate and 3 cams damaged. Took a week to get approval and the dealer F'd around for a week of excuses before they even tore it down but it is what it is. They're replacing all 4 cams and all 24 lifters and rockers.
Top end is clean as a whistle. No buildup, no sludge, spotless. Just parts failure. I told them to put new coil packs on the drivers side since it's a big job to tear down and replace and then new plugs since she's almost at 100k. Coil packs are cheap, labor to install isn't. Thought it was worth it.
Honestly I am second guessing it all. I asked for parts numbers so I could check to see if they were updated and was reluctantly told, "They're the same as they have been unfortunate. It's luck of the draw. They have been updating parts numbers and saying it's fixed since 2016". Part of me wants to be done but what to replace it with? Nothing seems reliable anymore for the long haul. Pay what's left off and keep making that payment amount into saving to rebuild as I go. The days of running 150-200k + without major issues is gone I guess.
